The Staff Officer: Or, the Soldier of Fortune : a Tale of Real Life, Volume 1E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... shillings , and thanking them for their speed , I saw them depart towards the Skerries shore : a low promontory soon shut them from my view . I was now alone ! The most profound silence reigned around : the gulls , razor - bills , sea ...
... shillings , and thanking them for their speed , I saw them depart towards the Skerries shore : a low promontory soon shut them from my view . I was now alone ! The most profound silence reigned around : the gulls , razor - bills , sea ...
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... shilling , the distance possibly being upwards of a mile ; why , therefore , when there were no fares under a shilling , the fractional furlongs should have been deemed of such importance was a secret which no person could unravel ...
... shilling , the distance possibly being upwards of a mile ; why , therefore , when there were no fares under a shilling , the fractional furlongs should have been deemed of such importance was a secret which no person could unravel ...
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... shilling ! His domestic menage was as extraordinary as all his other arrangements . Truly oriental in his habit , he enjoyed his plu- rality of wives ; and , what is more astonishing , compelled them all to reside under the same roof ...
... shilling ! His domestic menage was as extraordinary as all his other arrangements . Truly oriental in his habit , he enjoyed his plu- rality of wives ; and , what is more astonishing , compelled them all to reside under the same roof ...
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... shillings , and pence , for which due spaces were left , to be filled up by the clock - work Humphrey , who never made a mistake in his life but once - when , in a fit of abstraction , he found his way to the bed- side of an ancient ...
... shillings , and pence , for which due spaces were left , to be filled up by the clock - work Humphrey , who never made a mistake in his life but once - when , in a fit of abstraction , he found his way to the bed- side of an ancient ...
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... shillings each , instead of one , the usual fee . The success which attended my recruiting party ren- dered even this emolument handsome in his estimation . I had now collected six fine young able - bodied recruits , including the two ...
... shillings each , instead of one , the usual fee . The success which attended my recruiting party ren- dered even this emolument handsome in his estimation . I had now collected six fine young able - bodied recruits , including the two ...
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Page 1 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 165 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
Page 173 - Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat-- Come hither, come hither, come hither! Here shall we see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i' the sun, Seeking the food he eats And pleased with what he gets-- Come hither, come hither, come hither!
Page 115 - Out of my grief and my impatience, Answer'd neglectingly I know not what, He should, or he should not; for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet...
Page 86 - And let th' aspiring youth beware of love, Of the smooth glance beware; for 'tis too late, When on his heart the torrent softness pours. Then wisdom prostrate lies, and fading fame Dissolves in air away ; while the fond soul, Wrapt in gay visions of unreal bliss, Still paints th' illusive form ; the kindling grace ; Th...
Page 150 - She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 11 - Full are thy cities with the sons of Art; And trade, and joy, in every busy street, Mingling are heard; even Drudgery himself, As at the car he sweats, or dusty hews The palace stone, looks gay. Thy crowded ports, Where rising masts an endless prospect yield, With labour burn...
Page 180 - Oh ! what was love made for, if 'tis not the same Through joy and through torment, through glory and shame ? I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart, I but know that I love thee, whatever thou art.
Page 123 - tis in my custody. Oth. Ha! lago. O, beware, my lord, of jealousy ; It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on : that cuckold lives in bliss Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger ; But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves ! Oth.
Page 73 - Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come...